CHALLENGE CARDIO WORKOUT
From the FIRM website message board. This is something I want to work toward doing at the advanced level (right now, walking out to the truck makes me tired. Stupid Graves disease!!!!!!!)
CHALLENGE CARDIO WORKOUT
August 3, 2008
July 26, 2008
GD
I really hate this disease.
I’m now on 300mg of PTU (150mg 2x daily) and 120mg of Inderal (1 capsule each morning).
I’m hoping I don’t have a reaction like I did with the 60mg (30×2) methimazole. The endo told me I HAVE to tolerate the PTU since it’s my last chance. He doesn’t recommend RAI for me, since he thinks it increases TED risk, and he says he sees signs of TED around my eyes/puffy eyelids (but that could have also been lack of sleep for 4 days and having nachos and pizza for dinner a few days beforehand… salt!). My only other option is surgery, but I can not afford that and being off work as well.
The endo thinks it’s likely I will have a reaction. I’m hoping not. I’m thinking my ‘reaction’ was really going into hypo state - muscle cramps, joint pain and swelling, redness over joints. I’ve already decided that if I get the same symptoms again, I’ll cut my dosage of PTU down to half for a few days to see if it goes away or lessens.
I’m keeping a notebook of symptoms and times/dates, etc to see if I can catch a pattern. I need to call the endo to get all my numbers so I can keep track of those as well.
He said that my antibody level is still extremely high. Well, DUH! I was only on the max dose of MM for 3 weeks before being taken off of it. Not long enough for it to really do anything when the bloodwork was done 4 weeks after THAT and not having any anti-thyroid meds in my system.
Sometimes you really have to wonder about doctors.
July 20, 2008
I heard this on the radio today…
I Kissed A Girl
by Katy Perry
album: One of the Boys (2008)
This was never the way I planned Not my intention. I got so brave, drink in hand Lost my discretion It's not what I'm used to Just want to try you on I'm curious, for you, Caught my attention I kissed a girl And I liked it The taste of her cherry chapstick I kissed a girl Just to try it I hope my boyfriend don't mind it It felt so wrong It felt so right Don't mean I'm in love tonight I kissed a girl And I liked it (I liked it) No, I don't even know your name It doesn't matter Your my experimental game Just human nature It's not what good girls do Not how they should behave My head gets so confused Hard to obey I kissed a girl And I liked it The taste of her cherry chapstick I kissed a girl Just to try it I hope my boyfriend don't mind it It felt so wrong It felt so right Don't mean I'm in love tonight I kissed a girl And I liked it (I liked it) Us girls we are so magical Soft skin, red lips, so kissable Hard to resist, so touchable Too good to deny it Ain't no big deal it's innocent I kissed a girl And I liked it The taste of her cherry chapstick I kissed a girl Just to try it I hope my boyfriend don't mind it It felt so wrong It felt so right Don't mean I'm in love tonight I kissed a girl And I liked it (I liked it)
June 17, 2008
june 17
I’m a week off the mega dosage of methimazole (tapazole) and the majority of my problems went away. I still have stiffness and achy joints in my hands, but I’m not all crippled up now after working 8 hours.
I was so happy last night that I made it though my entire shift without needing to ask someone to open a door, or stir something or open a bottle. Last Monday night, I couldn’t even open a water bottle to get a drink, much less HOLD the bottle in my hands. Last Tuesday, getting out of bed, made me cry. Getting into the truck was agony. 8 hours of work was impossible! I needed an assistant all night to open oven doors, to lift pans, to use plastic wrap…. At least they were understanding!!! My hands were all red and swollen by the end of the night. My knees as well. Someone said my hands looked like their grandpa’s rheumatoid hands 
June 13, 2008
pre-workout snack
A little pre-workout snack of mine, on the days I am able to workout:
1/3 cup dry couscous
1/2 cup apple juice (or water)
1 tsp olive oil
1 pinch salt (less than 1/8 tsp!!!)
1 small fuji apple - diced small
cinnamon/apple pie spice to taste
1 tsp honey
Put juice, oil, honey, salt, cinnamon and apple in a small pan and bring to boil. Remove from heat, stir in couscous. Cover. Let sit 5-10 minutes. Stir. Eat!
I eat about 3/4 of it about 30 minutes before a workout, then have the rest afterward with a protein shake.